Tracker

Believe it or not, this man was Trump's National Security advisor.

I think those incidents were the trigger for the breakdown of team discipline. No consequences to bad behaviour =chaos and lack of respect for the rest of the team, coaches and GM, not to mention their fans. There was a time when the Riders were respected around the league, but that is only a memory now.

Its still shitty. We can argue about why, but its still shitty.

Whistling past the graveyard.

Ottawa, despite their record, is probably the best team in the East. They certainly have the best QB there.

A notch below treason.

There is a real possibility that Trump's supporters, with or without his tacit approval will foment a violent reaction if he is indicted. That could be the start of the looming civil war.

Given the self-serving, arrogant personalities that surrounded Trump, one of them is almost certain to cut a deal and throw everyone else under the bus.

Trumpsters claim dead cows are evidence of a nefarious plot to starve Americans Republicans have seized on the deaths of thousands of cattle in the Kansas heat wave as the latest proof of a baseless conspiracy theory that saboteurs from the mega-rich to government are out to destroy the national food supply. it’s cheating roam Right for months, but gained new energy after thousands of cattle in Kansas died in the June heat, with temperatures above 104 degrees. A viral video showing what appeared to be hundreds of dead cattle was cited as evidence that someone—the Biden administration, the liberal billionaire, or an unknown elite—was behind the deaths. For cattle herders, the death of cattle was not mysterious. A spokesperson for the Kansas Livestock Association PBS. told That the cows died from “heat stress” after a sudden 20-degree rise in temperature. Instead of accepting that the cattle were killed by the heat—and likely that climate change would bring about similar mass-death events—some Republicans became convinced that there was a shadowy force behind the dead cattle. Tennessee House candidate Robbie Starbuck claimed he had unidentified sources who insisted that the cows could not be killed by heat. “They didn’t die of extreme heat,” Starbuck tweeted. “Since I saw this video (the one from Kansas) I talked to several ranchers and they all say to get to the bottom of this should be investigated ASAP because 10,000+ cattle have not died because of the heat.” Theories about the death of the cows also spread on Telegram, the social media network that has become a haven for far-right figures. Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, an inventor and key figure in the 2020 election-denial movement, promoted another user’s post that said Bill Gates was behind the deaths. In a Telegram message, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes speculated that the cattle deaths were part of a conspiracy to “make us so hungry” that Americans would revolt, giving the government a chance to establish a state of emergency. https://www.politicususa.com

Top Trump White House Aide: Plans To 'Go To The Capitol' Were Known Days Before Jan. 6” WASHINGTON — A top aide in Donald Trump’s White House testified Tuesday that Trump’s lawyer and chief of staff understood on Jan. 2, four days prior to the mob attack on the Capitol to overturn Trump’s election loss, that “things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.” Cassidy Hutchinson, the top assistant to chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Rudy Giuliani told her after a meeting at the White House that “We’re going to the Capitol” as part of the plan to keep Trump in power. “It’s going to be great. The president’s going to be there. He’s going to look powerful.” When she asked Meadows about that comment, she said he appeared to know all about it. “There’s a lot going on,” Meadows replied, Hutchinson said. “Things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.” Hutchinson said that while she had been “apprehensive” about Jan. 6 previously, those conversations heightened her concern. “That evening was the first moment that I remembered feeling scared and nervous about what could happen on Jan. 6,” she told the committee. Committee vice chair Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, then questioned Hutchinson about the White House’s knowledge of the security threat that day, which began with the Trump rally where he incited his followers. Cheney played police radio transmissions that described armed protesters on the National Mall. “I got three men walking down the street in fatigues carrying AR-15s,” the voice on the audio said. “AR-15s at 14th and Independence,” Cheney recapped. She then led Hutchinson through her previously videotaped testimony where she described how angry Trump was that Secret Service magnetometers set up at his pre-insurrection rally site were keeping out his followers who were armed. “I don’t f-ing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f-ing mags away,” Trump said, Hutchinson testified. “Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in. Take the f-ing mags away.” Hutchinson then described Trump’s anger in the presidential limousine ― known as “The Beast” ― when he realized that he would not be taken to the Capitol to join his followers. “I’m the f-ing president. Take me up to the Capitol now,” Trump said, according to Hutchinson’s conversations with a Secret Service agent that afternoon. The agent told her that Trump then tried to grab the wheel of the limo, and then tried to strike an aide in the front seat who told him to take his hands off the wheel and that they were going back to the White House, not the Capitol. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-cassidy-hutchinson-trump_n_62bae4e7e4b0565316385ecb

Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced In Jeffrey Epstein Sex Abuse Case. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan handed down the sentencing in a New York courtroom. Federal prosecutors had sought 30 to 55 years against the former international jetsetter and British socialite. The 60-year-old was convicted late last year of sex trafficking, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts and two conspiracy charges related to the late financier. Epstein killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, according to authorities. Epstein faced allegations of sexual abuse from scores of women, though the court in Maxwell’s trial focused on testimony from four women. They described being abused as teenagers with the help of Maxwell, who they said recruited them to Epstein’s homes after showering them with attention and offers of mentorship. Once at his properties, the women said they were instructed to perform sexual massages and were sexually abused.

'I’m The F-ing President’: Trump Got Into Physical Altercation On Jan. 6 WASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump got into a physical altercation after he tried to grab the wheel to turn the presidential motorcade around and go to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Tuesday. Hutchinson testified before the House’s Jan. 6 committee that she heard from another Trump aide that the ex-president was “irate” after Secret Service agents told him they were taking him back to the White House shortly after he instructed his supporters to march on the Capitol building. “The president said something to the effect of, I’m the f-ing president, take me up to the Capitol now. To which [Secret Service agent Bobby Engel] responded, ‘Sir, we have to go back to the West Wing,’” Hutchison said. She continued: “The president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr. Engel grabbed his arm and said, ‘Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we’re going back to the West Wing. We’re not going to the Capitol.’” “Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel and when Mr. [Anthony] Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/january-6-trump-limo-altercation_n_62bb40f3e4b05653163937ef

Trump Knew Supporters Had Weapons On Jan. 6 But Didn't Care, Top Aide Testifies Former President Donald Trump knew his supporters were armed with weapons the day of the Jan 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but insisted they be allowed to watch him speak before the riot. “I heard the president say something to the effect of, ‘I don’t f-ing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f-ing mags [metal detectors] away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here,’” said Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. The new explosive testimony was aired during a surprise hearing on Tuesday. Hutchinson recalled that Trump had been informed by Secret Service that his supporters had brought weapons to his rally shortly before the attack on the Capitol. Those weapons included bear spray, spears, guns and flagpoles used as weapons. Trump, however, was apparently fixated on the crowd size and demanded more of his supporters be allowed to bypass metal detectors to watch him speak, Hutchinson testified. “He was furious because he wanted the arena we had at the ellipse to be maxed out to capacity,” Hutchinson said of Trump’s demeanor. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-supporters-weapons-capitol-riot_n_62bb3440e4b0adb8aa4d48e8 (With this plus the explosive testimony of Mark Meadows' aide cannot do anything but put Trump and his cabal on trial)

GOP lawmaker mocked for 'literally impossible' claim that gun control leads to mass shootings with arrows Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) is facing deep scrutiny after insisting that the United States could see an uptick in mass shootings with arrows if guns are banned. During a recent news interview, CNN's Pamela Brown asked Davidson if he could admit "that mass shooting could not happen" without guns. The Republican lawmaker dismissed Brown's argument and, instead, focused on a different hypothetical scenario. He pondered the possibility of mass shootings occurring with arrows if guns end up being banned. As the clip of the interview began circulating on Twitter, social media users quickly chimed in to share their criticism of Davidson. "Yeah, no such thing as an 'assault crossbow,' though," one Twitter user pointed out. "So it kinda takes a lot longer to kill as many people..." https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/lawmaker-mocked-mass-shootings-arrows/

I do not want to minimize what Rourke has accomplished so far but he has still to win a hotly contested game. What has impressed me about him most is that, in an interview he said that he runs wind sprints with his teammates when they do so as to not be huffing and puffing halfway through the game. from being out of shape. That also has to send a strong, positive message to his team that he is not just a pretty face, but pushes himself to be the best he can be. Good stuff.

Why Roe’s demise pushed the US even closer to violent civil conflict: author The United States was a deeply divided country long before Friday, June 24, 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court’s hard-right majority overturned Roe v. Wade with its decision in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization. But the Dobbs ruling will only intensify the United States’ bitter, ugly divisions, and some political science professors, authors and journalists fear that the tensions will lead to even more violence than the country has already suffered. In a disturbing article published by The Guardian on June 26, Stephen Marche — author of the book “The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future” — predicts that the overturning of Roe v. Wade will do a lot to bring about a major “civil conflict.” And Marche’s warning is similar to what political science professors Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way have been warning about. Levitsky and Way don’t believe that an outright civil war like the one that occurred in the 1860s is on the horizon, but they do fear that the U.S. is heading for a period of prolonged violent conflict comparable to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. “The cracks in the foundations of the United States are widening, rapidly and on several fronts,” Marche warns in his Guardian article. “The overturning of Roe v. Wade has provoked a legitimacy crisis no matter what your politics. For the right, the leaking of the draft memo last month revealed the breakdown of bipartisanship and common purpose within the institution. For the left, it demonstrated the will of dubiously selected Republican justices to overturn established rights that have somewhere near 70% to 80% political support.” Marche continues, “Accelerating political violence, like the attack in Buffalo, increasingly blurs the line between the mainstream political conservative movement and outright murderous insanity. The question is no longer whether there will be a civil conflict in the United States. The question is how the sides will divide, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how those strengths and weaknesses will determine the outcome.” The author/journalist points out that in the U.S., the far right has “been imagining a civil war, publicly, since at least the Obama Administration,” adding that “the possibility of civil war has long been a mainstay of right-wing talk radio.” And Marche, in parts of his article, is somewhat critical of Democrats, who, he argues, naively act as though the Republican Party still embraces pluralism. “The left-wing American political class, incredibly, continues to cling to its defunct institutional ideals,” Marche writes. “Democrats under (President Joe) Biden have wasted the past two years on fictions of bipartisanship and forlorn hopes of some kind of restoration of American trust. When violence like Buffalo hits, they can do little more than plead with the other side to reconsider the horror they’re unleashing, and offer obvious lectures about the poison of White supremacy.” Marche stresses that “incipient civil conflict in the United States won’t be formal armies struggling for territory.” “The techniques of both sides are clarifying,” Marche explains. “Republican officials will use the Supreme Court, or whatever other political institutions they control, to push their agenda no matter how unpopular with the American people. Meanwhile, their calls for violence, while never direct, create a climate of rage that solidifies into regular physical assaults on their enemies. The technical term for this process is stochastic terrorism; the attack in Buffalo is a textbook example.” https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/roes-demise-has-pushed-the-u-s-even-closer-to-violent-civil-conflict-author/

This is a devil's choice for the Rider head coach and GM. Their best players are some of the biggest problems when it comes to discipline, and if they cut or trade some or all of them, it will be a major setback, at least for the short term.

I saw nothing in the last Argo game to indicate that they are capable of beating the St. James Rods.

Granted, Harris is a year older and looks porkier than last year, but his O-line has not opened holes for him, and his production is way down. When our O-line starts playing better, Oliveira will get better. In the last game, the O-line was a bit better and Oliveira was also a bit better. Next game will be interesting for that reason alone.

That this sort of thing has become so common as to be banal is both telling about the Alberta culture and sad.

And he ought to change his jersey number to 00.

Someone gotta pay for their 0-3 start and he looked guilty.

This is a probable reaction to Putin's offer/threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus. The glove-puppet president there hasn't thought it through that a nuclear exchange would completely destroy Belarus and almost certainly kill him as well. No doubt Putin has assured him that he and his significant others would be given refuge in one of Russia's bunkers. Fat chance of that.

The Tories' plan is working to perfection.

There may be so much going on in the body, but apparently very little in this woman's head. I wonder if she has a Stepford address.